Information obtained from the Choir’s website. Nankersey is the old Cornish name for the village of Flushing. 1950: Formed as The Nankersey Glee Singers with twelve members. 1950: Harry Owen, Musical Director, a renowned bass soloist who was the conductor of the Flushing Male Voice Choir in the 1930s
Tony Mansell
- 23 July 2022
Information taken from the Wadebridge Male Voice Choir website. 1920: Wadebridge Male Voice Choir formed. Established by Mr Harry Woolcock and is one of the oldest in Cornwall. Dr. A. F. Wilson-Gunn, Musical Director. Mrs Elizabeth Fishwick, Accompanist. 1925: Wadebridge Male Voice Choir (Photo: taken from the Choir’s Facebook
- 22 July 2022
Circa 1940: St Buryan Male Voice Choir formed. Circa 1940: Hugh Rowe, Musical Director. 1983: Took part in the 1,000 Voice Concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Circa 1985-1988: Elizabeth Stubbings, Musical Director. 2011: Portia Grant, Musical Director at the Cornwall International MVC Festival. 2011: Norman Bunney, Accompanist at the
- 22 July 2022
1969: Launceston Male Voice Choir formed from an amalgam of Launceston Brotherhood and the Methodist Male Voice Choir. 1983: Took part in the 1,000 Voice Concert at the Royal Albert Hall. From a 1988 programme: Sue Ranson – Brotherhood, Musical Director. John Beare – Methodists, Musical Director. Lawrence Pett
- 21 July 2022
Material for this potted history has been taken from the choir’s website and an article in the Cornish Times, updated by Keith Wilson and David Lashbrooke. 1923: Tommy Mark, a Polperro fisherman lay-preacher known as The Fishermen’s Bishop and Eva Cloke, the wife of a Polperro fisherman, and organist at the Chapel brought
- 21 July 2022